The first US Pope is likely to present a “quite challenging” message to President Donald Trump, according to a Vatican expert who met the new pontiff hours after his election. Among the world leaders ...

A Co Armagh man has been sentenced to five years and two months after admitting scores of child sexual abuse crimes against girls. Max Hollingsbee, 21, of Orient Circle, Lurgan, faced charges ...

A grieving widow said a special constable who was jailed for 12 months after accessing video footage of her husband’s body as he lay dying in the street and taking photos of it “took his dignity” when ...

Reality TV star Molly-Mae Hague has confirmed she is back in a relationship with boxer Tommy Fury. Speaking in a new episode of her Prime Video docuseries, Behind It All Part II, the former Love ...

A decision by Holyrood bosses to ban trans people from using the toilets of their preferred gender at the Parliament will leave them excluded at the “heart of Scotland’s democracy”, equalities ...

The involvement of a female agent in a Russian espionage ring is a “world away from the classic spy case” such as George Blake, her barrister has said. Katrin Ivanova, 33, is due to be sentenced for ...

A giant HS2 boring machine has broken through to complete the first section of a 3.5-mile tunnel on the route’s approach into Birmingham. The 125-metre long, 1,600-tonne machine, named Mary Ann by the ...

A BBC Bargain Hunt art expert has admitted failing to report a series of high-value art sales to a man suspected of financing militant group Hezbollah. Oghenochuko Ojiri, 53, pleaded guilty to eight ...

Two former friends are facing lengthy jail sentences after they were convicted of cutting down the beloved Sycamore Gap tree in an act of “mindless thuggery”. Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers drove ...

Birmingham’s striking bin workers have received backing from the leaders of Aslef and the National Education Union (NEU) at a collective action “megapicket” outside a depot and recycling centre.

When Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers arrived at court for the first time in May 2024 with their faces covered, mystery surrounded the two men accused of cutting down “the world’s most famous tree” ...

Busted singer Matt Willis has revealed his band rejected an offer to compete for the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest. The 42-year-old claimed McFly were also asked after his own pop punk band turned ...